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“AMENDMENTS” mentioning the U.S. Dept. of Justice was published in the House of Representatives section on pages H3643-H3644 on June 1, 2015.
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AMENDMENTS
Under clause 8 of rule XVIII, proposed amendments were submitted as follows:
H.R. 2578
Offered by: Mrs. Blackburn
Amendment No. 1: At the end of the bill, before the short title, insert the following:
Sec. __. (a) Each amount made available by this Act, except those amounts made available to the Federal Bureau of Investigation, is hereby reduced by 1 percent.
(b) The reduction in subsection (a) shall not apply with respect to the following accounts of the Department of Justice:
(1) ``Fees and Expenses of Witnesses''.
(2) ``Public Safety Officer Benefits''.
(3) ``United States Trustee System Fund''.
H.R. 2578
Offered by: Mr. King of Iowa
Amendment No. 2: At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the following:
Sec. ___. None of the funds made available by this Act may be used for the legal defense of individuals who are unlawfully present in the United States.
H.R. 2578
Offered by: Mr. King of Iowa
Amendment No. 3: At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the following:
Sec. ___. None of the funds made available by this Act may be used with respect to the case State of Texas, et al. v. United States of America, et al. (No. B-14-254 in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas and No. 15-40238 in the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit).
H.R. 2578
Offered by: Ms. Bonamici
Amendment No. 4: Page 14, line 1, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced by $21,559,000) (increased by
$21,559,000)''.
H.R. 2578
Offered by: Ms. Bonamici
Amendment No. 5: Page 15, lines 16, 19, and 20, after the dollar amount insert ``(increased by $380,000,000)''.
H.R. 2578
Offered by: Mr. Rouzer
Amendment No. 6: At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the following:
Sec. __. None of the funds made available by this Act may be used by the State of North Carolina to implement any State law or rule that establishes or governs a logbook reporting requirement for fisherman of any kind.
H.R. 2578
Offered by: Mr. Babin
Amendment No. 7: Page 58, line 20, after the dollar amount insert ``(reduced by $103,700,000)''.
Page 61, lines 10 and 12, after the dollar amount insert
``(increased by $67,000,000)''.
H.R. 2578
Offered by: Mr. King of Iowa
Amendment No. 8: At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the following:
Sec. _. None of the funds made available by this Act may be used to negotiate, participate, finalize, or communicate with any other country's representatives about trade agreements that include provisions relating to visas issued under section 101(a)(15)(L) of the Immigration and Nationality Act
(8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(L)). The limitation described in this section shall not apply in the case of an administration of a tax or tariff.
H.R. 2578
Offered by: Ms. Bonamici
Amendment No. 9: At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the following:
Sec. __. None of the funds made available in this Act to the Department of Justice may be used to prevent a State from implementing its own State laws that authorize the use, distribution, possession, or cultivation of industrial hemp, as defined in section 7606 of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (Public Law 113-79).
